وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًۭا ٣٥
And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.
وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًۭا ٣٥
And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.
وَأَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ إِذا كِلْتُمْAnd give full measure when you measure.meaning, do not try to make it weigh less nor wrong people with their belongings.وَزِنُواْ بِالقِسْطَاسِand weigh with a balance,meaning scales,الْمُسْتَقِيمِthat is straight.meaning that which is not distorted nor that which will cause confusion.ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌthat is good,for you, in your daily life and in your Hereafter.So Allah says:وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًand better in the end.meaning, with regard to your ultimate end in the Hereafter.ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًThat is good (advantageous) and better in the end.Sa`id narrated that Qatadah said that this means"Better in reward and a better end."Ibn Abbas used to say:"O people, you are entrusted with two things for which the people who came before you were destroyed - these weights and measures."
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